Description
Poetry. "If you haven't already, you'll fall in love with Pilkington's voice when you read 'Pomegranate,' the first poem in this new, crazy-wonderful collection. Vivid detail wound with delicious humor augmented by the elegant, quiet, remarkable imagery of his closure. There's a comfortable, highly-intelligent oddness on these pages, page after page of consciousness-changing images, and moments of such vulnerability that you'll forget you're reading and find you want to reach out and comfort the speaker. I couldn't put this book down. I went from poem to poem feeling my jaw dropping successively lower as I progressed. Buy this book—it'll repay you with so many marvelings you'll go right back to the first page when you finish the last. This is brilliant work."—Renée Ashley
Author Bio
Kevin Pilkington is a member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author of six collections: Spare Change was the La Jolla Poets Press National Book Award winner; Ready to Eat the Sky was a finalist for an Independent Publishers Books Award; IN THE EYES OF A DOG (NYQ Books, 2009) won the 2011 New York Book Festival Award; THE UNEMPLOYED MAN WHO BECAME A TREE (Black Lawrence Press, 2011) was a Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award finalist; WHERE YOU WANT TO BE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Black LAwrence Press, 2015); and PLAYING POKER WITH TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (Black Lawrence Press, 2021). His poetry has appeared in many anthologies including: Birthday Poems: A Celebration, Western Wind, and Contemporary Poetry of New England. Over the years, he has been nominated for four Pushcarts. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines including: The Harvard Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, Iowa Review, Boston Review, Yankee, Hayden's Ferry, Columbia, North American Review, etc. He has taught and lectured at numerous colleges and universities including The New School, Manhattanville College, MIT, University of Michigan, Susquehanna University, Saint Vincent College. His debut novel Summer Shares was published in 2012 and a paperback edition was reissued in summer 2014.
Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA